endowment

endowment
I
(New American Roget's College Thesaurus)
n. property, fund, foundation; gift, bestowal, dower, dowry; power; ability, faculty, aptitude, capacity, talent, bent. See giving, skill, possession.
II
(Roget's IV) n.
1. [A gift]
Syn. donation, grant, bounty, award; see gift 1 .
2. [A human quality or special capacity]
Syn. talent, gift, qualification; see ability 1 .
3. [That which supplies perpetual support]
Syn. benefit, provision, bequest, grant, pension, stipend, legacy, inheritance, subsidy, revenue, trust, subvention, dispensation, bestowal, nest egg*.
4. [The act of providing perpetual support]
Syn. funding, subsidizing, providing an endowment for, setting up, supporting, giving money to, giving money for, establishing, underwriting, granting in perpetuity; see also establishing 1 , giving .
III
(Roget's 3 Superthesaurus) n.
1. gift grant, contribution, bestowal, bequest, funding, donation, provision, subsidy, benefaction.
2. attribute natural gift, genius, quality, talent, asset, aptitude.

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  • endowment — en·dow·ment n 1: the act or process of endowing 2: a result or product of endowing: as a: the income of an institution derived from donations the university s ability to attract endowment b: the property (as a fund) donated to an institution or… …   Law dictionary

  • Endowment — • A property, fund, or revenue permanently appropriated for the support of any person, institution, or object, as a student, professorship, school, hospital Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight. 2006. Endowment     Endowment …   Catholic encyclopedia

  • Endowment — may refer to many things:Finance*Financial endowment; relating to funds or property donated to institutions or individuals *Endowment (Life insurance); payment of the face value of a life insurance policy, usually at age 98 120 *Endowment… …   Wikipedia

  • Endowment — En*dow ment, n. 1. The act of bestowing a dower, fund, or permanent provision for support. [1913 Webster] 2. That which is bestowed or settled on a person or an institution; property, fund, or revenue permanently appropriated to any object; as,… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • endowment — [n1] large gift award, benefaction, benefit, bequest, bestowal, boon, bounty, dispensation, donation, fund, funding, gifting, grant, gratuity, income, inheritance, largess, legacy, nest egg, pension, presentation, property, provision, revenue,… …   New thesaurus

  • endowment — mid 15c., “action of endowing,” from ENDOW (Cf. endow) + MENT (Cf. ment). Meaning “property with which an institution or person is endowed” is from 1590s; that of “gift, power, advantage” is early 17c …   Etymology dictionary

  • endowment — ► NOUN 1) the action of endowing. 2) a quality or ability with which a person is endowed. 3) an income or form of property endowed. 4) (before another noun ) denoting a form of life insurance involving payment of a fixed sum to the insured person …   English terms dictionary

  • endowment — [en dou′mənt, indou′mənt] n. [ME endouement] 1. the act of endowing 2. that with which something is endowed; specif., any bequest or gift that provides an income for an institution or person 3. a gift of nature; inherent talent, ability, quality …   English World dictionary

  • endowment — Funds or property that are donated with either a temporary or permanent restriction as to the use of principal. American Banker Glossary Gift of money or property to a specified institution for a specified purpose. Bloomberg Financial Dictionary… …   Financial and business terms

  • endowment — [[t]ɪnda͟ʊmənt[/t]] endowments 1) N COUNT An endowment is a gift of money that is made to an institution or community in order to provide it with an annual income. The company revived the finances of the Oxford Union with a generous ₤1m endowment …   English dictionary

  • endowment — UK [ɪnˈdaʊmənt] / US noun Word forms endowment : singular endowment plural endowments 1) a) [uncountable] the act of giving money to a school, hospital, or other institution the endowment of a Professorship at Oxford b) [countable] an amount of… …   English dictionary

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